The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration DebateWestern scholars have argued that Indian civilization was the joint product of an invading Indo-European people--the "Indo-Aryans"--and indigenous non-Indo European peoples. Although Indian scholars reject this European reconstruction of their country's history, Western scholarship gives little heed to their argument. In this book, Edwin Bryant explores the nature and origins of this fascinating debate. |
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... chapter lays out some of the more prominent features of the twohundredyear history of the IndoEuropean homeland quest in Europe, particularly as it related to India. The various religious and political exigencies that influenced much of ...
... chapter lays out some of the more prominent features of the twohundredyear history of the IndoEuropean homeland quest in Europe, particularly as it related to India. The various religious and political exigencies that influenced much of ...
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... chapter, thus providing a brief Indian parallel to the nineteenthcentury political and religious concerns of Europe in the first chapter. Chapter 3 initiates the analysis of the actual data concerning IndoAryan origins. By the ...
... chapter, thus providing a brief Indian parallel to the nineteenthcentury political and religious concerns of Europe in the first chapter. Chapter 3 initiates the analysis of the actual data concerning IndoAryan origins. By the ...
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... Chapter 5 analyzes the evidence for a nonIndoAryan linguistic substratum in Sanskrit texts, which has remained perhaps the principal and, to my mind, most persuasive reason brought forward in support of the Aryan invasions and ...
... Chapter 5 analyzes the evidence for a nonIndoAryan linguistic substratum in Sanskrit texts, which has remained perhaps the principal and, to my mind, most persuasive reason brought forward in support of the Aryan invasions and ...
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... chapter 11 examines the problems associated with identifying them in the archaeological record within the subcontinent. Chapter 12 examines the various attempts made to date Sanskrit texts upon which, as I shall argue, a tremendous ...
... chapter 11 examines the problems associated with identifying them in the archaeological record within the subcontinent. Chapter 12 examines the various attempts made to date Sanskrit texts upon which, as I shall argue, a tremendous ...
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... chapter 13, anyone reconsidering the status quo of IndoAryan origins is instantly and a priori dubbed a nationalist, a communalist, or, even worse, a Nazi. Since I have observed that many scholars, when confronted with “Indigenous ...
... chapter 13, anyone reconsidering the status quo of IndoAryan origins is instantly and a priori dubbed a nationalist, a communalist, or, even worse, a Nazi. Since I have observed that many scholars, when confronted with “Indigenous ...
Contents
Early Indian Responses | |
Vedic Philology | |
Linguistic Substrata in Sanskrit Texts | |
Linguistic Evidence from outside of India | |
The Viability of a South Asian Homeland | |
The Indus Valley Civilization | |
The Evidence | |
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